The North Carolina Geospatial Data Archiving Project (NCGDAP)
is a joint project of the NC State University Libraries and the NC
Center for Geographic Information and Analysis focusing on collection
and preservation of state and local agency digital geospatial
data resources. The project is being carried out in collaboration
with the Library of Congress under the National Digital Information
Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in a partnership
with the NC OneMap initiative, a statewide framework for data coordination
and distribution. A core project objective is the engagement
of established spatial data infrastructure in the challenge of
long-term preservation of digital geospatial data. Key issues related
to engaging spatial data infrastructure include initiation of data inventories,
development of content exchange networks, cultivation
of metadata standards and practices, and leveraging the experience
of agencies that are already making efforts to retain historical data.
The NCGDAP work triggered the creation of new data preservation
partnerships both within the state and across a set of states that are
participating in a new NDIIPP Multistate initiative.

Issue Date:

2009

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign